Iron Belt, WI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Iron Belt, WI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 184. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet IRON-BELT-WI · Iron Belt, WI 1 ZIPs · 184 pop · #18782/25278 · Iron County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $57,917
  • RANK-LOWER #18782/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Hurley
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 92% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 184
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $66,800

Nearest income peer: Hurley, WI ( $4,449 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Iron Belt

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Iron Belt on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-06

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Iron Belt, WI sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

26th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
184
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$57,917
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $57,917 and poverty 3.2% concentrate in 54536.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (91.7%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Wisconsin, Saint Nazianz is the closest lower-income city and Collins the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Iron Belt.

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ZIP Codes in Iron Belt, WI

These ZIP codes sit in Iron County, which covers 7 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Iron Belt. See the Iron County roll-up →

Iron Belt sits in the lower half of Iron County on income: Mercer, Saxon and Montreal report more, Hurley and Upson report less. Upson marks the far end of that range at $38,125, 34% below Iron Belt.

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
54536 184 1 America/Chicago

On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Iron Belt, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →

Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →

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